June 18, 2010—Of all this blog's frequent fliers, Chesapeake Energy (CHK) has won a special place of late here at footnoted: The company may have paid its CEO $12.1 million for his antique map collection, winning it the dubious distinction of worst ...

June 17, 2010—Recently, M&A rumors have again begun circulating around TiVo (TIVO). When similar rumors were swirling in early April, we warned our FootnotedPro subscribers that signals in the company's filings didn't really mesh with the idea of an imminent ...

May 28, 2010—If Charles Dickens were writing about the proxy that Dell, Inc. (DELL) filed yesterday, he might have reworked his classic opening paragraph to read, "It was the best of proxies, it was the worst of proxies, it was the age of ...

May 24, 2010—On Friday morning, we noted that the U.S. Senate had passed a bill requiring, among many other things, that candidates for corporate boards tender their resignation if they failed to get a majority of votes cast by shareholders. Little did we know ...

May 20, 2010—With the next round of graduation parties just days away, we checked in on footnoted frequent flyer First Marblehead Corp. (FMD). Just yesterday, First Marblehead - which makes private loans to lenders, credit unions, and schools - issued a press release to announce ...

May 19, 2010—We've written about Wynn Resorts (WYNN) before, both in this space and elsewhere. When we do, it always seems to have something to do with cheap or free housing. Now along comes Linda C. Chen, Wynn's newly minted chief operating officer ...

May 14, 2010—One might think -- OK, perhaps hope -- that after going through the grind of bankruptcy and emerging relatively unscathed, that the executives at a particular company might feel a wee bit chastened, perhaps even cautious about how things could look to others. But ...

May 12, 2010—We've been following the dramatic resignation of Regina Herzlinger, the Harvard health-care accounting and management guru, from the board of WellCare Health Plans (WCG), the Medicaid and Medicare managed-care company that has struggled with a variety of regulatory issues. Herzlinger headed the board's audit ...

May 10, 2010—Like Homer Simpson, we have to admit a certain appreciation for donuts -- and the fluffy, icing-caked Krispy Kreme glazed donut is certainly in a class of its own. So are the company's filings, as devoted readers of footnoted know. (Most recently, we ...

May 5, 2010—It's been a while since we—ve looked at Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK), where the past few years— events have been decidedly more exciting for some (CEO Aubrey McClendon and the NEOs come to mind) than for others (read: shareholders). Last Friday, Chesapeake ...